Updates and Articles

'Kernza is one of the solutions': Clean-water crops at the Capitol

March 3, 2025

We'll be working with our Forever Green Partnership colleagues to advance two bipartisan proposals related to clean-water crops. Read more

A close-up of purple perennial flax flowers. Text says "MNLEG 2025"

Special supporter event celebrated the great blue heron through poetry

February 26, 2025

We invited members and SuperVolunteers to a morning poetry reading from the anthology "Broad Wings, Long Legs." Check out our heron map, read some of the featured poems and find out how you can participate in our next event like this. Read more

We're hiring: Biofuels Policy Manager

February 25, 2025

Join our Water team to advance biofuel solutions that improve water quality and farm prosperity. Read more

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On the national level...

February 20, 2025

A lot is happening in D.C. Here's a quick word to our supporters, originally published in our e-newsletter, Mississippi Messages. Read more

FMR urges MPCA to develop long-overdue nitrate standards

February 13, 2025

How much nitrate in our surface waters is safe for plants and animals? We don't know, because the MPCA still hasn't established standards. Read more

An MPCA staffer in waders reaches down to get a sample from shallow waters.

For the river: Jacob's river story

February 7, 2025

Our Stewardship & Education Program Director tells stories of a childhood love for Minnehaha Creek, learning to run rapids and his riverside sit spot of 20 years, and reflects on why he wanted to work for the river. Read more

Bumble bee habitat: What we've learned from monitoring (so far)

February 7, 2025

How can we make the best possible habitat for bumble bees? That's the gist of the question Friends of the Mississippi River is trying to answer. Read more

Is the proposed riverbed mine in Cottage Grove legal?

February 7, 2025

What's next for the proposed mine in — yes, in — the Mississippi River backwaters near Grey Cloud Island? Read more

View from Pine Bend Bluffs of Mississippi River and Grey Cloud Island

FMR's 2024 annual report now live

January 28, 2025

Celebrating all that our community of river supporters accomplished in 2024 to steward the Mississippi River for generations to come. Read more

Webinar: Sustainable Aviation Fuel — How Minnesota can get it right

January 17, 2025

How can new, renewable jet fuel — yes, jet fuel — help clean up the river and improve water quality throughout Minnesota? Watch our recorded webinar to find out. Read more